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Following the huge popularity of the worldwide, big-screen broadcasts of last year’s 50th anniversary special, “The Day of the Doctor”, the BBC has now revealed that the first episode of Doctor Who Series 8 will also be coming to a cinema near you.
Called “Deep Breath”, Peter Capaldi’s first full episode in the role of the Doctor will feature the popular Paternoster trio, Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax,...

The BBC has revealed a new recurring character set to feature in Doctor Who Series 8. Teacher Danny Pink, a colleague of Clara’s at Coal Hill School, will be played by up-and-coming actor Samuel Anderson.
Anderson, who has previously starred in Gavin & Stacey and The History Boys, is thrilled to be involved in the show:
“I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down...

Now that all the excitement of the 50th Anniversary is finally over, Doctor Who fans will already be looking forward to the next episode just waiting to fill the Doctor-shaped hole in their lives. Fortunately, the BBC aren’t keeping us waiting too long for information, since today, along with two first-look pictures, a short synopsis for the upcoming Christmas special was released.
Set to be Matt Smith‘s final episode, this year’s...

Initially born out of a joke made by fifth Doctor Peter Davison that if he wasn’t asked to be part of the 50th anniversary special he would “jolly well make [his] own”, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot is probably one of the best things to ever happen to Doctor Who.
Packed full of quotes, references, in-jokes and music from various eras of the show, and featuring perfectly-timed comic performances from Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester...

As any hardcore fans of the show will know, the mythology of Doctor Who permits a Time Lord to regenerate just twelve times. With the recent addition of John Hurt to the pantheon of Doctors, along with David Tennant using up one of his regenerations in the episode Journey’s End, it seems that Matt Smith is now the thirteenth and final Doctor.
All sorts of speculation has sprung up around this problem, with some believing that showrunner Steven...

It’s a day that’s been 50 years in the making, and what a day it is. Doctor Who has reached its 50th year of being on and off the TV, and today brings the Doctor on his latest and greatest adventure, both viewable on the TV he started on and brought to cinema screens across the world in a whole new dimension for him – 3D.
The Day of The Doctor is the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, written by showrunner and life-long fan Steven Moffat....

If you’re rushing home to watch The Day of the Doctor after the MCM Birmingham Comic Con tomorrow, and find yourself without enough time to wolf down a separate dinner and pudding before the show, then never fear, because thanks to Greggs, you can enjoy both in one with their special 50th anniversary Fish Custard.
Described by the pasty-makers as “perhaps the greatest sweet-savoury invention since the Yorkshire Pudding”, Greggs...

Following the huge success of Steven Moffat‘s The Night of the Doctor, a second short, online episode leading up to the 50th anniversary special has been released online, also written by the Doctor Who showrunner.
Ominously titled The Last Day, the new webisode is shown from the perspective mysterious, silent soldier, who comes face to face with a very familiar enemy far away on an alien planet.
Who, what and where, you cry? In the words of...

In an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post yesterday, fourth Doctor Tom Baker made the surprising revelation that he will be returning for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special this weekend.
With more than a hint of his characteristic, child-like mischievousness, Baker told The Huffington Post,
“I am in the special. I’m not supposed to tell you that, but I tell you that very willingly and specifically; the BBC told me not to...

Released as an introduction to the upcoming Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Night of the Doctor minisode has generated massive viewing figures in just a few days, with well over 2 million views on the BBC‘s YouTube page alone.
The success of the episode, and of Paul McGann‘s return in particular, has not only led to Big Finish offering a celebratory discount on all eighth Doctor audio adventures, but has also prompted some fans...